huora
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *hoora, borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ (“whore, adultress”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhuo̯rɑ/, [ˈhuo̞̯rɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -uorɑ
- Syllabification(key): huo‧ra
- Hyphenation(key): huo‧ra
Noun
[edit]huora
- (somewhat derogatory) prostitute, whore
- Synonym: thesaurus:prostituoitu
- (derogatory, vulgar) whore; promiscuous woman
- Synonyms: see lutka
- (offensive, vulgar) whore, slut, bitch; used as a general term of abuse at women
- (informal, often humorous) someone who will do anything for money
- Synonym: lutka
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of huora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | huora | huorat | |
| genitive | huoran | huorien | |
| partitive | huoraa | huoria | |
| illative | huoraan | huoriin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | huora | huorat | |
| accusative | nom. | huora | huorat |
| gen. | huoran | ||
| genitive | huoran | huorien huorain rare | |
| partitive | huoraa | huoria | |
| inessive | huorassa | huorissa | |
| elative | huorasta | huorista | |
| illative | huoraan | huoriin | |
| adessive | huoralla | huorilla | |
| ablative | huoralta | huorilta | |
| allative | huoralle | huorille | |
| essive | huorana | huorina | |
| translative | huoraksi | huoriksi | |
| abessive | huoratta | huoritta | |
| instructive | — | huorin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]- tehdä huorin (“to fornicate, commit adultery”) (biblical)
adjectives
compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “huora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
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- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Finnish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂-
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/uorɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/uorɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish derogatory terms
- Finnish vulgarities
- Finnish offensive terms
- Finnish informal terms
- Finnish humorous terms
- Finnish koira-type nominals